Publications

Academic Forum at Tilburg University pays attention to actual subjects from a range of perspectives: scientific, social and cultural, religious and personal, and fundamental presuppositions. Aademic Forum also publishes columns and reflections.

Book publications >>

Incidentally Academic Forum also publishes books, which in most cases are based on a number of lectures given by scholars and lecturers during meetings of Acedemic Forum (and formerly: Center for Science and Values and Studium Generale). Most books up till now only are published in the Dutch language. A summary of these publications is given on the website boekuitgaven (Dutch). If you are interested in any of these publications, please contact us.

Besides a paperback there is also an online version (English/Dutch) available: Cobbenhagen Essays (pdf).

“We have to make something out of our lives ourselves, and master the art of living. We must not only avoid the temptation to wrong action, but also - and definitely not less - look for and grasp the opportunities for right action. Lost opportunities probably ruin our lives more than failure to avoid temptation, because a lost opportunitiy is seldom or never repeated".

Martinus Cobbenhagen (1893-1954), is the founding father of the 'Tilburgse Hoogeschool', an educational institution that has evolved into the current Tilburg University. With his readings and articles he accompanied and encouraged the budding academic and social life in Tilburg. Together, these texts form Cobbenhagen's 'idea' of Tilburg University. Right after World War II, when academia had to be virtually reinvented, they were collected and published.

Now, 70 years later, these contributions are published again: in a new spelling, with footnotes, and also in an English translation. This new bilangual edition is meant for all those who take Tilburg University to heart. Because you can only innovate and renew something when you first identify with its founding thoughts.